3 arrested in Ramu for ‘attempting to smuggle’ 1,600 firearms to Myanmar’s Arakan Army
According to OC Monirul, police received information last night that firearms were being transported via a vehicle through the tea garden area of Jouarianala union in Ramu for delivery to the armed group in Myanmar. Subsequently, a temporary police checkpoint was set up on the Ramu-Naikhongchari road in front of the Al Madina restaurant in the tea garden area.
Three individuals have been arrested in Cox's Bazar's Ramu while allegedly attempting to smuggle 1,600 heavy firearm magazines to the armed group Arakan Army in Myanmar.
The arrests also involved the seizure of associated packaging materials (piece bundles), Ramu Police Station Officer-in-Charge Monirul Islam Bhuiya told The Business Standard today (18 December).
He said the arrested individuals are Md Shahjahan, 25; Md Ilias, 19; and Atikur Rahman, 25.
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According to OC Monirul, police received information last night that firearms were being transported via a vehicle through the tea garden area of Jouarianala union in Ramu for delivery to the armed group in Myanmar. Subsequently, a temporary police checkpoint was set up on the Ramu-Naikhongchari road in front of the Al Madina restaurant in the tea garden area.
When a minitruck travelling from Chattogram towards Naikhongchari approached the checkpoint, police instructed it to stop. Three individuals in the vehicle attempted to flee but were apprehended after a brief chase, the OC said.
Upon searching the minitruck, police recovered 32 small white plastic sacks, which contained 1,600 magazines for heavy firearms, he said, adding that the vehicle was also seized.
"The arrested individuals have confessed that the recovered magazines were being transported via the Naikhongchari border to be delivered to the armed group in Myanmar," the OC added.
A case has been filed against the suspects under the relevant laws at Ramu Police Station, he further said.
